USPS ends quarter with strong service performance

GaryPageau

The U.S. Postal Service reported service delivery performance scores through the end of fiscal fourth-quarter showing the strongest quarterly performance of the year for all First-Class, Marketing and Periodical mail categories.

Quarter-to-date service performance data for July 1 through Sept. 30 included:

  • First-Class Mail: Delivered 88.0 percent of First-Class Mail on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 0.6 percentage points from the third quarter.
  • Marketing Mail: Delivered 92.6 percent of Marketing Mail on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 1.5 percentage points from the third quarter.
  • Periodicals: Delivered 82.1 percent of Periodicals on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 2.8 percentage points from the third quarter.

Reported fourth-quarter scores are preliminary. Final scores will be published towards the end of October.